C Spire and Ole Miss Will Debut New Wi-Fi Network Next Month at
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium to Improve Fan Game-Day Experience

Technology upgrade to be installed in time for the start of the 2014
college football season

C Spire and the Ole Miss Athletic Department have installed a new state-of-the-art Wi-Fi network in the 60,580 seat-capacity Vaught Hemingway stadium for the 2014 college football season. (Photo: Business Wire)

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C Spire and the Ole Miss Athletic Department have installed a new state-of-the-art Wi-Fi network in the 60,580 seat-capacity Vaught Hemingway stadium for the 2014 college football season. (Photo: Business Wire)

OXFORD, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With the 2014 college football season just around the corner, Ole Miss
fans will soon be flocking to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium with smartphones
and other connected devices in hand to capture and share the experience
with friends and family.

To meet the growing demand by tech-savvy fans for Internet access on
their smartphones and tablets before, during and after games, C Spire
and the school’s athletic department are installing a new
state-of-the-art Wi-Fi network in the 60,580 seat-capacity stadium.

Officials plan to have the network ready for use in time for the Rebels
first home game on Sept. 13 against Louisiana-Lafayette. The high
capacity network will feature the latest Wi-Fi and fiber optic
technology with over 700 access points strategically located throughout
the stadium.

C Spire and Ole Miss will use the school’s first two home football games
this fall to test and optimize the network. Connectivity will be
provided at no cost to any fan choosing to access the network during the
Sept. 13 and Sept. 27 games.

Beginning with the SEC home opener against Alabama, C Spire will provide
free network access for its customers who attend the game. Fans with
service from other wireless providers will also be able to access the
network for a $4.99 fee each game.

With mobile technology now an integral part of the game-day experience,
fans expect to use their smartphones to talk, text, share photos and
video, access social media, listen to audio files and surf the mobile
web, according to Hu Meena, president and CEO for C Spire.

“As a leading telecommunications and technology services provider, we
know first-hand how important these devices are to an entire generation
of consumers,” Meena said. “That’s why we’ve partnered with Ole Miss to
identify and implement an infrastructure solution that over time will
deliver a world-class in-game experience for fans.”

Ole Miss Athletics Director Ross Bjork said the network will provide
additional capacity this season and position the school and C Spire to
deliver an unmatched game experience using technology in future years.

“For years, Ole Miss has been known as a ‘bucket list’ game-day
destination and it is our responsibility to improve the ultimate fan
experience for our customers year in and year out,” Bjork said. “We
welcome feedback on everything we do and our extensive fan research has
helped us identify a current and future need and there is no better
partner than C Spire to deliver this connectivity to our fans.”

Meena said the stadium network uses a state-of-the-art engineering
design that will provide more bandwidth, faster speeds and higher
quality to help support the school’s digital engagement initiatives in
the coming years.

Bjork said school officials understand that as technology improves, fans
expect to have more memorable and immersive game-day experiences using
connected devices. “We want to keep the game-day experience new and
fresh - so finding partners like C Spire who are committed to continuous
improvement is crucial to the success of our innovation efforts,” he
said.

While some SEC schools have taken recent steps to improve wireless phone
service for fans, others, like Ole Miss, have added additional Wi-Fi
communications networking to provide more robust in-stadium Internet
access before, during and after games.

About C Spire

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company that provides world-class, customer-inspired wireless
communications, 1 Gigabit consumer Internet access as well as a full
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About Ole Miss Athletics

The University of Mississippi, which is known as Ole Miss, is a member
of the NCAA and Southeastern Conference and features 18 varsity sports
in its athletic department. Bearing the nickname Rebels and wearing the
colors Cardinal Red and Navy Blue, these teams have produced 18 national
championships and 125 conference titles since 1893, when the football
program fielded the school’s first varsity squad. Based in Oxford,
Miss., with a student enrollment of 22,286, Ole Miss operates with a $70
million athletics budget, and the department is beginning its third year
under the leadership of Athletics Director Ross Bjork.